"I said to myself that I wouldn't get excited," said Richardson, an analyst for the federal government. "I’m trying to be calm about it, but I am excited."

She is undecided on how she'll spend her winnings.

"I can’t believe it," she said. "I am such a lucky person."

Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corporation has returned over $8.8 billion to the state of Georgia for education. All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs including Georgia's HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia's Prekindergarten Program. More than 1 million students have received HOPE, and more than 790,000 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.

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